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Courtesy of Exploration Institute and Benoît Lecomte. Benoît Lecomte explains his preparations and journey to begin The Longest Swim from Tokyo to San Francisco: The transatlantic crossing, the first stage of our great journey, has been completed successfully. Our support boat is approaching San Diego, concluding a 3-month delivery to the United States. Discoverer and […]
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Courtesy of Wallace J. Nichols, Ph.D. of BlueMind Life, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
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Courtesy of Alex Grey, Oceana. Turns out sharks aren’t just important to maintaining healthy ocean ecosystems – they impact our wallets, too. Shark-related dives in Florida alone generated more than US$221 million in revenue in 2016, according to a new report commissioned by Oceana released today. Compared to the stark US$1 million generated by the
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Courtesy of Mpora. Mpora posted a story about a contaminated beach near the irradiated nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan that is still a regular spot for local surfers. The Unbelievable Story Of The Japanese Surfers Who Ride Fukushima’s Radioactive Waves is posted here.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Benoît Lecomte has admittedly had a challenging year, but he is gradually getting closer to his goal of starting his solo stage swim in Tokyo, Japan and heading off to San Francisco. “We didn’t give up preparing for The Longest Swim. Our support boat is days away from San
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the closest beaches to the finish of a Catalina Channel crossing is Cabrillo Beach. On the other side of Cabrillo Beach is the Port of Los Angeles where Catalina Channel ferry boats are moored. The area has great plans to be revitalized and revamped with plans to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado or Islas Coronados in Spanish) are a group of four islands off the northwest coast of the Mexican state of Baja California. The islands can be seen from Tijuana in Mexico or Imperial Beach and other shoreline areas of San Diego, California. The islands
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Courtesy of Andreas Sachs, Austrian Open Water Cup. The fifth Schwimm Festival Neusiedler See (Lake Neusiedler Swim Festival) is the largest open water swimming competition in Austria with over 600 participants. The race is located in the wine region of Austria, surrounded by vineyards that make some of the finest wines in Austria. The event
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ingemar Macarine swam from the historic Limasawa Island by swimming 10.3 km in 4 hours 34 minutes from Barangay San Bernardo on Limasawa Island to Barangay Tangkaan in the Municipality of Padre Burgos on Southern Leyte in the Philippines. Macarine attempted and completed the swim in order to celebrate
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Courtesy of Eoin GaffneyIreland. For further information about the Lough Dan Races, email leinsteropenseaswim@gmail.com. Lough Dan (Irish: Loch Deán) is a boomerang-shaped ribbon lake near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland. Registration for the 2.5 km, 5 km and 10 km races is available here. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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